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Automation rescue

Fix an automation somebody else built

The developer left, the agency was replaced, or it simply stopped one Tuesday and nobody knows why. We diagnose it for $250 and tell you honestly whether to repair it or rebuild it.

$250diagnosis, credited if you proceed
2 daysto a written root cause
Any platformn8n, Zapier, Make, GHL, Power Automate, code
No lock inyou own everything, including the fix

Symptoms

Which of these is yours?

Tap one. These are the eight causes behind almost every broken automation we have been called into, ranked by how often we find them.

Rescue options

Four ways in, priced up front

Everything starts with Triage, because quoting a repair without seeing the execution history is guessing, and we would rather charge you $250 than guess.

Triage

$250fixed

2 business days

You get a diagnosis and a decision.

  • Read only access review of the failing system
  • Execution history and error log analysis
  • Root cause in writing with the evidence
  • Fixed price to repair, or an honest recommendation to rebuild

Credits in full against Repair or Rebuild if you proceed within thirty days.

Start with Triage
Most common

Repair

$1,200fixed

5 to 8 business days

The existing build stays and becomes reliable.

  • Root cause fixed, not patched around
  • Error handling, retries, and backoff added where they were missing
  • Idempotency added so replays stop duplicating records
  • Failure alerting so the next problem is visible in minutes rather than weeks
  • Documentation written, because there almost never is any
  • Thirty days of support on anything related

Suitable when the original design is sound and the execution was rushed.

Start with Repair

Rebuild

$2,900fixed

2 to 3 weeks

It gets built again, properly, with a migration that does not lose data.

  • Everything in Repair, applied to a fresh build
  • Process re-mapped against how the work actually happens now, not how it did two years ago
  • Parallel run against the old system until the outputs agree
  • Historical data migrated and reconciled
  • Platform reconsidered honestly, including staying where you are
  • Sixty days of support and a documented handover

Suitable when the original approach was wrong, or the platform has been outgrown.

Start with Rebuild

Estate takeover

$4,500fixed

3 to 4 weeks, then retained

Somebody owns all of it again.

  • Full inventory of every automation running in the business, including the ones nobody remembers
  • Risk rating per workflow on failure impact and fragility
  • Critical failures repaired inside the engagement
  • Ownership, credentials, and documentation consolidated
  • Monitoring across the whole estate rather than per workflow
  • Prioritized roadmap for what to fix, replace, and retire

The usual trigger is a developer or agency leaving and nobody knowing what still runs.

Start with Estate takeover

What triage actually involves

Two days, four outputs

  1. Read only access

    We need to look, not to change anything. Viewer access to the platform and the execution history is enough, and we sign an NDA first if you want one.

  2. Execution history analysis

    The failure pattern is almost always in the run history, and it is almost always different from the reported symptom. This is where the real cause surfaces.

  3. Written root cause

    Not a guess and not a sales document. What broke, why, when it started, and what it has cost you in bad data since then.

  4. A priced decision

    Repair, rebuild, or leave it alone. With the number attached, and the triage fee credited in full if you proceed within thirty days.

Inherited a whole estate?

When it is not one workflow

The usual trigger is somebody leaving and nobody knowing what still runs.

What we find, every time

  • Automations authenticating as a person who has already left
  • Apps Script attached to a spreadsheet, doing something load bearing
  • Scheduled jobs on a server nobody has logged into in a year
  • Two workflows doing the same thing, disagreeing with each other
  • Webhooks registered with third parties, pointing at dead endpoints

What the takeover produces

  • A complete inventory, including the ones nobody remembered
  • A risk rating per workflow on impact and fragility
  • Every credential moved onto business owned service accounts
  • Monitoring across the estate rather than per workflow
  • A prioritized list of what to fix, replace, and retire

Book an estate takeover

FAQ

Rescue questions

Will you criticize the previous developer?

No, and it is rarely warranted. Most broken automations were built correctly for the conditions at the time, and the conditions changed. We report what is wrong with the system, not with whoever built it.

What if you cannot find the cause?

Then triage is free. We have not had to invoke that yet, but it is the honest position to take on a diagnostic service.

Do we have to move platforms?

Usually no. We recommend staying where you are more often than moving, because migration cost is real and platform loyalty is not a technical argument.

Can you take over from our current agency?

Yes, and we will do it without drama. We ask for a clean handover of credentials and access, and we do not need to talk to them if that is awkward.

How fast can you start?

Triage usually starts within two business days of access being granted. If something is actively down and costing money, say so and we will treat it as an incident.

What does the repair cost if it turns out to be small?

Less than the published Repair price. We quote the actual work after triage, and the published figure is the typical case rather than a minimum.

Get it diagnosed for $250

Two business days to a written root cause and a priced decision. The fee credits in full against the fix.

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